Hayrake



Sept 12, 195o N. H. GODLEY 2,521,909

HAYRAKE Filed Aug. 27, 1948.. 4 sheets-snafu N *N a. A mw 1 A A t F E l l Q IY) s. v ii E /VaAH GaoLfY.

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N. H. GDLEY HAYRAKE sept. 12, 195o Filed Aug. 27, 1948 vWheels cnj the vWheeledframe for automaticallroiailigthe `tines. of .thee-rake aco'mplete revolu.. f

Patented Sept. 12,

Wheeled-l'eeteeeulee fiemewhichis adapted, te@

bene-Bedey any saleable Ineens Scenes aftreetere and: hei/ine efireeeveiee rotatable f beiA exteudne-.lv

It is another objectief tu; pref-.1.25

vide a rake, of thetype described-whereinthe rakel corlnprises,4 whee1ed-rectangi11ar=- frl'ainefl haying manually'. .conilrqlied 'means-diemen byffth tiQmfornumping. theshay fromfthe tines;,:thereleye ,y permitting. thel-tines to hee-.drawn cli'earf,.of-ether..A windrow at each dumping operation. p Some; ofafthe objectsfoizuthel inventonhaving beenstated; other-objects Wi11 aippear asthevide 55;

scription. proceeds; when. takensin connectionl with; the accompanyingnrawings, infwhchf f Figure lis aftopplan v-ewofsthe rakeand show.J maga-, por-tion of a-.tractorC-ito .which'rthe'i rake j isv connected;

Figline-f2 -islan -renlargemelevaticn-l with partev in section and being taken along thef'linezZ-fl-'rin Fieuiegl;Y

Figure 3y is. an. elevation iwithzparts; in section' partsrin-a differentpositonp Fig-uren is aan enlargedizrean Vview-oi thehhay rake with lparts insecton and withpartsbroken` 1 awy andistake'n substantially alongl the line:- -dinvFigiire-l; s i

Figure 5 is. aneenlarged"verticalisectionalView'` lfeenfein@WeiehljeeeefI pws pcrpendiculahto ,ne patri oftrayei `i245 disposed showing 'they Dafts. on. a." smaller seele.:

Figure. ais an' elegreegieijevanen with parts ij being. taken substantiallyY along, the'. i

aiqngihe une ine-mun Figure', 6.'

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menthe; transverse. theiirlilerels (linnn-fir deneteelie ground?vsfheefler omnlete evoiuiienaiveffa ecriverieienaL-trecter and aramountei 0n.v opposite endsfcf. agirear axle 1.21l to. which, av Lie.

anfenlargea' ferr planf View'Iv ofthe Fifure 'lof/is a'V vertical' sectional'.` View. ta'li'e'nl l ell'ieeiilieei'ed-eifiie; reermeet end feeseeii tela forwardly..endereeeiverdly extending interneedi-5 ete-Y frame-mem eel-1159i; a\.-rect ang1uar, frame.;

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he intermediate treme member ihe iront emiy :ef reerwardln dirergina 'angie bers.;

ieflsearwerdlr .extend respectively@ Themenplan-ends. offthe tubular-v feeadieeiebly seeming-the .beik IiiI eee 1 the mennen 2e aref the: remoteene1ezef which arezwelded eeiuleulae bare Se' and Si.

l 1 Airamermember# It arez-theeproximat'e fendsoi" angie? f showing. the central `pnrticnof Figuragiz with .45 "bars 33 and 34,'the opposite endiel` of:V wiii'cifi.are`rr yandi 3 le. Extending.' `f

betweenithexanglefbarsafa mi 34 and: the mgmd; ce ine: lowersuefac'es of" tnetubular eenen-oost served that the upwardly extending fe'a'rslfz'd' and' all new f sA sono, 5'( win the teethill iritthe disks, `56; thereby permit-ting thedisk'to continue its rotation, but arresting; rotation-ofzthe-bari and-the .tines "i I.1 associated a' therewith. e: Byrreferringrtof Figure, it is l,thus j f annular -rim portion of the rstename'd diskv up'oricompletion offra revolution by the second-named1 seenlthat the timeszlzil wouldberheldin a raised position .out of engagement withk the'ground yand would thereby .permit transportation of :the rake e from one locationftol another.

lThe 'weightl of the V-tinesand'the angle bar G4` :associated therewith will'cause thezarm 135 to .rerr'iain-in the position shown inFigure 3, inas- :much )asfthe tension' ofthe tension spring v|115 isA .not `great enough to overcome this` weight, but"-y inigure 2. l Howevenfthe tension spring M5 is 1 providedV so that thearm 135 will move'forwardly at its upper end ,automatically if the 'handle M3 then, bel moved `forwardly by the operatorg thus moving' I`the arm` I '35 to the position shown in FigurejZ to' wherethe parts` will again resume normalfoperationr 11n `the"'dr`awings and specification there has beenv setiorth a preferred kembodiment of "the 'invenmoni and although speclc terms are em" '30 ,part of a revolution lfor arresting rotation of the;

ployedythey are used in a generic and descriptive sense only, and 'not for purposes of limitation, i,l ie, scopeA or the invention being defined in:

I. i-.,fAntirnprovement, in a hay rake a to the front end 'of the vframework and having means iorattaching'thesame tothe rear end of` bearing 4member having a tubular hub portion rotatablymounted therein and each tubular hub portion having a disk integral therewith and `said disk having an annularrim portion on one side thereof and having -teeth cut in the inside surface thereof, said rake also having a driving conf nection between the adjacent wheelsdisposed at the sides of the framevvorkaA and the sleeve of the disk for,tr arismittingl rotation to the 4d islras the rake ispulled bythe tractor, said improvement comprising a stub shaft rotatably mounted inithe tubular hubn portion Aand the disk and having a second .disk integral therewith and also having an angle bar secured to and extending between thestub shafts, said lsc ac'zonddisk being adjacent the annularrim portion ori .thev iirst dis k said bar extending to the other rof the members, a.v plurality of tines secured i tothe bar', an oscillatable shaft disposed in paralk lei-,relation tothe stub shaft and oscillatably penetratingY the secpndnamed disk,v and lenter-vk in g the annular rim portion, onthe firstnamed disk, a dog integralwith the end of the shaft disposedwithinthe annularrim portion ofthe rst.-

named disk, manually controlled meansfor partially rotating the vshaftto thus move the associated doginto engagementvfwith any one of the teethd in the annular rim portion of the first-i named disk, whereby rotation will betransmitted froriffthe rst-,namedfdiskfto theA second-named diskfa'nd the angle bar secured theretoand its ssegitsd-t1hfa9r a Clamping Operaties disk and the angle :barand the tines associated. therewith .to .thus stop rotation thereof'.A .1 Brilon-a structureaocording to'. claim.- 2,` said lo l meansA for .automatically ltransl'hitting a vmartial?i rotation to the osciilatable shatt on whiohthe'dog` l,

is securedr oomprisingavflnger integral with the?,v shaft and disposed adjacent the second-named'l disk, la plate pivotallyfsecured to the rectangular ,lo frameandextending inwardly, therefrom into therI pathof ktheinger integral Iwith the oscillatablemV shaftgl remotely disposed means for manually: f moving the free end ofthe plate. out of the path A of the linger-projecting from the. osciilatable shaftx..

29 and spring meansior urging `the free end of the vpivoted,platelto itsoriginal position after being;

released to thus movethe dog 'out of engagement; with the teeth in the iirst-named disk upon completion olf-a revolution of thesecond-named disk -and associated parts.

4. Ina structure according to i claim, 2, second"l f manually controlled means for automatically, movingV theY dogout of engagement withthe ,teeth intherst-named disk after a predetermined@ second-named disk-and the associated parts with thetinesinan elevated position. v 5. In a structureaccording-to claim 4 ,said sec.

ond-1manuallyacontrolled means for Iarresting ro- `35,:tationpf thek second-nameddisk and associated... "partsfcomprisingjan eccentrically bent portion integral w,ith said v oscillatable shafta pivoted armfdisposed adjacentthe path'of travel of the eccentrically bentportion of theosoillatableshaft 4 4,0 anda controlrod extending from the pivoted arml a, tracto1, saidframework `having bearing members mounted thereon adjacent the wheels disposed ateachside of the .framework and each,

transmita partial rotation to the oscillatable shaft to. move the associated dog out of engage-` ment .with the teethin the iirstnamed disk, thus arresting rotation .of thesecond disk and asso-: ciated parts with the tinesin an elevated ,pos, i

16. An improvement in a hay `*rake having aV horizontally disposed frame provided with ground'.V

wheels at each 4side thereof and `having bearings disposed labove the ground wheels and having a ,sleeverotatably mounted in each of the bearingsw "and having a driving connectionbetween each.;

sleeve and its associated ground wheel and each sleeve having a diskintegral -therewith and provided with. an annular laterally projecting rim GQ .portion with teeth out in itsv inner surface, lsaid rake also having a` pair of stub shafts rotatbly mounted in the sleeves and the disks and eachj stub 'shaft having'a second disk secured thereon adiacenti@ mst 'disksand each of che second fwdisks`V having -an Y oscillatableshaft mounted therein, the stub shafts having the ends of a une; frame secured thereto, the improvement com#J prising each. of the oscillatable shafts having a ringer extending'lateraily therefrom, each ofthe" 70. second disks having' a forwardly projecting por-A tion extending therefrom, an oscillatable detent membermounted on the frame and normally biased to occupy a position inthe path of the ior-l Wardlyprl'xiectingI portion and the ringer,` said t oscillatableshaft having a `dog integral therewith disposed Within the annular rim portion of the first-named disks, manually operable means for moving the oscillatable detent member out of the path of the finger and forwardly projecting portion to thus allow the dog on said oscillatable shaft to move into engagement with any one of the teeth in the annular rim portion of said first-named disks to impart rotation to the tine frame, said oscillatable shafts extending to a medial portion of the tine frame and each having a crank portion thereon, manually operable means on the frame and movable into the path of the crank portions to oscillate the same to move the dogs on the oscillatable shafts out of engagement with the 'teeth in the annular rim portions on the first disks and to arrest the tine frame before it has made a complete revolution and to hold the tine frame in transport position.

'7. In a structure according to claim 6, said tine REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 241,013 Hitchcock May 3, 1581 683,445 Cox Oct. l, 1901 1,477,382 Pearson Dee. 11,1923 2,380,190 Rutler July l0, 1945 

